Manchester City right-back Maicon has defended his manager Roberto Mancini after recent outbursts.
The Italian boss clashed with Sir Alex Ferguson in the Manchester derby last season and went head-to-head against Paul Lambert in the Premier League champions' defeat to Aston Villa in the Capital One Cup on Tuesday night.
However, the Brazil international feels that the incidents show that Mancini has passion and is determined to succeed.
“All winning coaches are the same so if Ferguson has the hairdryer, Roberto has the same passion,” The Telegraph have Maicon as saying.
“All winning managers are the same and they show this passion to the players because they really want to win and the players can feel that. It is the same man I knew at Inter, the same passion, the same will to win, the same intensity. I found the same kind of manager.
“That is the way he should be, to see a passionate coach who demands high standards. If he gets angry he reminds everybody of the standards required.
“He’s a winning manager like the other ones, so he has the same passion and the players appreciate it when the manager speaks up for the team and the players, especially because he puts the pressure on himself rather than giving it to the players," he concluded.
By Gareth McKnight